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Compass Series HSPA USB Modem Installation Guide

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• Onboardaircraft

InadditiontoFederalAviationAuthority(FAA)require‐

ments,manyairlineregulationsstatethatyoumustsus‐

pendwirelessoperationsbeforeboardinganaircraft.The

Compass888USBmodemiscapableoftransmittingsig‐

nalsthatcouldinterferewithvariousonboardsystemsand

controls.

Failuretoobservethis

instructionmayleadtosuspension

ordenialofcellulartelephoneservicestotheoffender,

legalaction,orboth.

Someairlinesmaypermittheuseofcellularphoneswhile

theaircraftisonthegroundandthe doorisopen.The

Compass888USBmodemmaybeusednormallyatthi s

time.

• Whileoperatingavehicle

Thedriveroroperatorofanyvehicleshouldnotusea

wirelessdatadevicewhileincontrolofavehicle.Doingso

detractsfromthedriveroroperatorʹsabilitytocontroland

operatethevehicle.Insomecountries,usingsuchcommu‐

nicationsdeviceswhileincontrol

ofavehicleisanoffence.

Regulatory information for

North America

CAUTION:Unauthorizedmodificationsorchangesnot

expresslyapprovedbySierraWireless,Inc.couldvoid

compliancewithregulatoryrules,andtherebyyourauthority

tousethisequipment.

ThedesignoftheCompass888USBmodemcomplieswith

U.S.FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)and

IndustryCanada(IC)guidelinesrespectingsafetylevelsof

radio

frequency(RF)exposureforportabledevices,whichin

turnareconsistentwiththe followingsafetystandardsprevi‐

ouslysetbyCanadian,U.S.andinternationalstandards

bodies:

• ANSI/IEEEC95.1‐1999,IEEEStandardforSafetyLevelswith

RespecttoHumanExposuretoRadioFrequencyElectromag‐

neticFields,3kHzto300GHz

• National

CouncilonRadiationProtectionandMeasure‐

ments(NCRP)Report86,‐1986,BiologicalEffectsand

ExposureCriteriaforRadioFrequencyElectromagneticFields

• HealthCanada,SafetyCode6,1999 ,LimitsofHuman

ExposuretoRadiofrequencyElectromagneticFieldsinthe

FrequencyRangefrom3kHzto300GHz